Genre
RLA Vocabulary
Nonfiction
Fiction
Class Texts
100
Most stories fall into this genre. The text is made up, or a product of the imagination.
What is Fiction
100

The message or moral of the text.

What is theme?

100
This type of writing tries to persuade the reader to do or think something.
What is Persuasive Writing?
100
This type of story could have happened but did not.
What is realistic fiction?
100

The Cold Within and Rez Road are examples of which type of text?

Poetry

200

This type of writing is true, factual, information. The purpose is to teach/explain.

What is Informational Text?

200

How an informational text is organized to provide information.

What is text structure?

200
This type of writing explains something. An example would be your history book.
What is informational writing?
200
This story is set in the past and based around important people or events.
What is historical fiction?
200

Jekyll and Hyde and Sleepy Hollow are examples of which type of text?

Drama

300

This type of writing is meant to persuade or convince the audience.

What is argumentative / persuasive writing?

300

The 3 ways to appeal to an audience.

What are Ethos / Pathos / Logos?

300
This writing is written by someone else about someone else's life.
What is biography?
300
These stories often include elements of time travel, aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weapons.
What is science fiction?
300

"I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is an example of which type of persuasive text?

Speech / Argumentative Text

400
There are many types of this genre, and not all rhyme.
What is poetry?
400

What type of language means "more" than what words are on the page?

What is figurative language?

400
This is a life story written by oneself
What is autobiography?
400
These stories contain magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality.
What is fantasy?
400

The Most Dangerous Game and The Monkey's Paw are examples of what type of text?

Fiction - Short Story

500
The two sub-genres are comedy and tragedy.
What is Drama?
500

The main idea of an essay. The answer to the prompt. The outline of what will be discussed in the text.

WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?

500
This can be narrative, augmentative, or expository in type. They are often written in Language Arts class.
What is essay?
500
Popular movies such as Hunger Games and Divergent are examples of this genre.
What is science fiction?
500

Little Things are Big by Jesus Colon is an example of which type of text?

Memoir - Literary Non-Fiction

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